Delta, Northwest merger won't result in fewer Stewart flights

STEWART AIRPORT — Sen. Chuck Schumer said he’s obtained assurance that Delta and Northwest airlines’ flights out of Stewart International Airport will continue if a merger between the two is approved.

Delta currently offers several flights per day to Atlanta, and Northwest has two flights to Detroit each day out of Stewart.

Schumer said he met last week with Delta CEO Richard Anderson to discuss the merger’s possible impact on New York’s upstate airports, and to make the case that the merger should bring more options for passengers, not fewer.

Schumer said in a press release that Anderson guaranteed both the Atlanta and Detroit flights will continue out of Stewart.